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Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to Colonel A H J Phillips, regarding a paper 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

Reference number: RR/66/287

Date: 01 January 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

The paper concerned may be of value to the enemy, and as such the suggested method is to withhold publication until after the war, with some copies printed for official purposes. Encloses the paper.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on recto as received 3 January 1940.

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RR/66/287
Earliest possible date
01 January 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, to Colonel A H J Phillips, regarding a paper 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, 01 January 1940, RR/66/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_287/letter-from-alfred-charles-glyn-egerton-to-colonel-a-h-j-phillips-regarding-a-paper-the-air-wave-surrounding-an-expanding-sphere-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor, accessed on 05 November 2024

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